CSC's Dr. Robert M. Wah Advances to Number Nine on 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives...

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Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:00am EDT

CSC's Dr. Robert M. Wah Advances to Number Nine on 50 Most Powerful Physician
Executives List

FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today
that Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare magazines ranked Dr. Robert M.
Wah, chief medical officer and vice president of CSC's North American Public
Sector business unit, number nine in their annual ranking of the 50 Most
Powerful Physician Executives, published in May. Readers from both magazines
nominated 4,300 physician executives for the fifth annual ranking. Of the top
100 most-nominated candidates, nearly 28,000 ballots were cast to determine
the top 50. This year, Dr. Wah advanced in his ranking from number 10 in last
year's poll.

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"We congratulate Robert on this recognition of his achievements," said James
W. Sheaffer, president of CSC's North American Public Sector. "This
prestigious ranking represents Robert's commitment and dedication to
transforming healthcare with better information for better decisions, as well
as forging a vision for health information technology at the local, regional
and national levels."

Currently, Dr. Wah is leading CSC's strategic health initiative to harness
thought leadership and experience across the company's public, commercial and
global healthcare business lines. This initiative was created to help CSC
offer technology solutions to support President Obama's stimulus package and
healthcare reform activity.

Dr. Wah continues to be an active leader within the overall healthcare
industry, serving on multiple boards and teaching at educational institutions.
He is a recognized expert and regularly speaks at industry conferences. On May
18, 2009, he spoke at the Health IT Summit convened by Senator Mark Warner
(Va.) about lessons learned from other countries deploying health information
technology. He shared the stage with David Blumenthal, the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology for the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), and other government leaders.

Prior to joining CSC, Dr. Wah served as acting deputy national coordinator for
health information technology at HHS. He also worked for the Military Health
System in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as the associate chief
information officer and director of information management. In addition, he
served 23 years in the Navy Medical Corps, most recently at the rank of
captain. Dr. Wah graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in
chemistry from the University of Oregon and received an M.D. from the Oregon
Health Sciences University School of Medicine. In 2008, he graduated from the
Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services
through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and
Services, the Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector.
CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration,
information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software
development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management
consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000
employees and reported revenue of $16.74 billion for the 12 months ended April
3, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com. 



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Michelle Herd, Sr. Manager, Communications, North American Public Sector,
+1-703-205-6166, mherd@csc.com, or Janet Herin, Sr. Manager, Media Relations,
Corporate, +1-310-615-1693, jherin@csc.com, both of CSC
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